1902-2002, cent ans de magasins, quatre generations d'hommesGeneva 2001 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Fine Fine Hardcover 4to 11" - 13" tall Sterling condition set comprising two volumes housed in a somewhat worn slip-case, split along the top edge, though still sturdy. One hardcover copy covered by a still bright and shiny dust wrapper, illustrated, and not priced-clipped, with French language text and German language text. Phillipe Nordmann contributes the Preface, this volume appearing to celebrate a new concept (the new Art Price Manor) of nourishing and nurturing the artistic drive in new artists in France. Tips unbruised, spine and binding tight, pages bright and clear, paste-downs neat and tidy, and not ex-library; neither underlining nor highlighting. Additionally, there is another slip-case-bound volume containing 56 color prints, reproductions all. Laid in is an Internet article about the history of the project, from 2007. Extremely scarce in the trade. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Price:
80.00 USD

1975 Unonian, Volume LXXIV: what we did and what happened hereAlliance, Ohio Mount Union College, 1975 First Edition Softcover Very Good Softcover Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall Mount Union College yearbook from 1975. Text holds multitudes of black-and-white photographs of the students, college and activities. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Final two endpapers scuffed and abraded, some discoloration of and peeling away of acetate on rear panel. 256 pp. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Price:
15.00 USD

19th & 20th Century Clocks & InstrumentsSalem, New Hampshire R.O. Schmitt Auctioneers, 2000 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good Soft Cover 4to 11" - 13" tall Auction catalogue from May 8, 2000, a Silent Auction Catalog of Important Antique Clocks, unpaginated. Press release from 1997 laid in from the Auctioneer, detailing the terms of sale. The Introduction mentions that this Spring 2000 catalog marks a departure from the old ways of displaying wares to the public, since now the clocks and watches can be displayed on the Internet, as jpegs are included. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Price:
6.00 USD

A Catalog of Antique/replica Ordnance from South Bend Replicas, Inc.South Bend, IN South Bend Replicas, Inc., 1986 Softcover Very Good Softcover 4to 11" - 13" tall Tall thin paperback; covers faintly scuffed, back cover has superficial dents; binding edges very lightly rubbed; page block edges a little yellowed. A catalog of antique and replica cannons offered for sale; includes much miscellaneous information on cannons, their history as well as their safe operation. Illustrated with hundreds of black-and-white photos. Book is stored in a protective clear plastic bag. 42 + 64 pp. + appendices and order forms. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Price:
8.00 USD

A Fifty Years' Record of Life and Work in Grace Church Parish, Lyons, IowaLyons, Iowa Grace Church Parish, 1905 Hardcover Good Hardcover 12mo 7" - 7 Pebbly leather covers, tape-reinforced paste-downs. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Scuffed tips and edges, chipping of and fraying to spine head and foot. Decorated endpapers. Fine celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the Grace Church Parish from Lyons, Iowa. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Price:
20.00 USD

A Genealogical and Biographical Record of Miami County OhioChicago The Lewis Publishing, 1900 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Hardcover Large 8vo 9" - 10 Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. All edges gilt. Stuffed with full-page black-and-white plates, thus fleshing out biographical and historical accounts of the growth and development of this locale of Ohio history. Rebound in a brown leatherette cover, looks particularly handsome on the shelf. Massively heavy, oversized volume, rebound in leatherette, with gilt lettering to spine, tissue guards intact. 914 pp. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Price:
210.00 USD

A Wreath For Edwin Markham: tributes from the poets of America on his Seventieth Birthday April 23, 1922Chicago The Bookfellows, 1922 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Hardcover 8vo 8" - 9" tall Unusual item in the trade in this condition and state, having been signed by a member of The Bookfellows (Margaret Reynolds), and with her book-plate gracing the front paste-down. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Hand-sewn, rough-cut pages, and with a lovely black-and-white photograph of the poet Edwin Markham (who lived another 18 years) laid in. Illustrated paper over boards, cloth-back, with gilt-wreath to front. Internally fine and crisp. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; 47 pp. First Edition, one of only 300 copies printed. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Price:
16.00 USD